Bairds Malt

Name: Bairds Malt
Address: Station Maltings, Witham, CM82DU, GB
Telephone: +441376513566
Price range: ££

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We are proud to work in partnership with the UK's leading growers of Malting Barley to produce a range of quality malts since 1823.

Bairds Malt has partnered with the UK's leading growers of Malting Barley to provide quality malt to the world's best drinks breweries and distilleries since 1823.

20/08/2026

Leadership Opportunity at Soufflet Bairds Malt
Plant Manager – Witham, Essex

Bairds Malt is looking for an accomplished Plant Manager to lead our Witham site, driving safety, quality, operational performance, continuous improvement and people development.

This is a key leadership role with responsibility for:
• Leading production, engineering, process and barley operations
• Developing a strong, visible health & safety culture
• Driving efficiency, yield and utility performance
• Managing budgets, maintenance and operational costs
• Ensuring consistently high-quality malt for our customers
• Leading audits, compliance and continuous improvement initiatives
• Building, coaching and developing a high-performing team
• Identifying new opportunities to improve plant performance

We’re looking for someone with 3+ years’ production management experience within malting, brewing, food processing or a similar environment, alongside strong people leadership, budget management and quality experience.

Knowledge of the malting process is highly desirable, with opportunities for intensive malting training where appropriate.

Location: Witham
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm, with participation in the callout rota
Reports to: Operations Manager – England

04/08/2026

Combining is now all but complete for spring barley in Norfolk, with many growers having already finished harvest.

Dry conditions in England have brought harvest forward. Some have finished, while others further North are yet to start!

10/07/2026

🌼🐝 The pollinators are back!

Over the past few years, we've been establishing pollinator strips around arable fields and monitoring the abundance and diversity of bumblebees, butterflies and other beneficial insects.

With the sunshine finally making an appearance in Scotland, we've been back out in the fields, walking pollinator transects through barley crops, field margins and wildflower habitats.

It's fantastic to see these areas buzzing with activity and to witness first-hand the positive impact they can have on biodiversity within modern farming systems.

06/07/2026

What a week in Stirling!

Last week we were proud to host the Soufflet Malt EMEA Commercial Seminar. Bringing together colleagues from various regions to share ideas, discuss challenges, celebrate successes and learn from each other’s experiences.

From inspiring customer stories and market insights to exploring the stunning Stirling Castle, it was a memorable few days.

The highlight for many was out visit to , where distillery manager - Murray Kerr guided us through the history, production process and a fantastic whisky tasting experience.

A great reminder of the power of collaboration and the value of coming together as one team.

26/06/2026

Exciting progress from our ongoing cultivation trials in Aberdeenshire 🌱

These drone images capture year 3 of our work comparing different establishment methods for barley and their long-term impact on crop performance.

We’re now starting to see clear variation emerging across the plots. One key factor is the increasing pressure from grass weeds, particularly meadow grasses, bromes, and wild oats, which are influencing green area index measurements.

As these differences become more pronounced, we expect them to translate into meaningful yield variation at harvest.

It’s another valuable step toward understanding how cultivation strategy shapes crop outcomes over time.

22/05/2026

Spring barley 🌾 is in the ground and emerging well under reasonable conditions for most.

This time of year we see ground nesting birds such as lapwings and oystercatchers using these crops as ideal nesting locations, as they provide relatively open spaces allowing the birds to detect predators from a distance.

These nests are extremely difficult to locate on foot as they are well camouflaged, they are thankfully much easier to spot from the tractor cab, so farmers can move around them and travel through the field without disturbing the nesting mothers.

30/04/2026

🌾 Inside the Bairds Malting Course 🌾

The Bairds Malting Course is well underway in Inverness, continuing a tradition that’s been running for over 20 years.

We’re delighted to welcome 30 delegates representing the distilling and brewing industries across Scotland, England, and Japan.

This immersive experience brings malting to life, from seed management and new barley varieties to malting theory, sustainability, barley procurement, storage, and much more.

📍 Hosted at the Glen Mhor Hotel, the course also includes a visit to the Inverness Maltings, giving delegates the chance to connect theory with real-world practice.

🔍 Learning highlights:
Theory to practical application
Maltings visit
Sample tasting
Open discussion with industry peers

All topped off with beautiful sunshine in Inverness ☀️ The perfect backdrop for learning, collaboration, and shared insight.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us and helped make this course such a success.

22/04/2026

We are officially live at the Craft Brewers Conference, and we’re making it clear: our malts are closer to our customers across the Atlantic than ever before.

As our official distributor, provides North American brewers and distillers direct access to the authentic flavours of .

🥃 Let’s talk signature UK malts for your North American innovations:

Sample the malts that define the world’s most famous spirits and ales.

Talk to experts who understand the nuances of distilling-focused malts and heritage brewing.

Bridge the pond - discuss how we can streamline your supply.

📍 Come visit at Booth #937!
is a Malt Brand

10/02/2026

It’s the Big Farmland Bird Count from 6th February through to the 22nd February. We’ve been out on farm to see what’s around!

The Redwings and Fieldfare are still here feasting on the stubbles in their flocks. Exaltations of Skylarks – the invisible bird – taking flight from the cover crops and watching from above. Yellow Hammer and Blue T**s in the hedgerows, hosts of Sparrows squabbling in the bushes around the farm steadings. Coveys of Grey Partridge seen taking flight low over hedges and field margins between fields.

Reed Bunting, like this one (below right) spotted in East Lothian are one of the species on the farmland bird indicator list.

The reed bunting moved from the red to amber list in 2009 with evidence of some recovery in numbers.

We would love to know what birds you are seeing on farm.

Address

Station Maltings
Witham
CM82DU

Telephone

+441376513566

Website

http://www.bairds-malt.co.uk/

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